Breitenbach (Mümling)

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Breitenbach
The Breitenbach in Rai-Breitenbach

The Breitenbach in Rai-Breitenbach

Data
Water code DE : 24748
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Hesse

River system Rhine
Drain over Mümling  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Breitenbrunn
49 ° 45 ′ 55 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height 270  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Neustadt in the Mümling coordinates: 49 ° 49 '0 "  N , 9 ° 2' 42"  E 49 ° 49 '0 "  N , 9 ° 2' 42"  E
Mouth height 145  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 125 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 19.14 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 19.14 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
52 l / s
144.4 l / s
7.5 l / (s km²)

The Breitenbach is a seven kilometer long, southern and right tributary of the Mümling in the Hessian Odenwald .

geography

course

The Breitenbach rises at a height of about 270  m above sea level. NHN in Breitenbrunn . It flows in a northerly direction and is first fed on its left by the Goldbach and then to the right by the Lützelbach.

At Neustadt the Breitenbach finally flows out at an altitude of about 145  m above sea level. NHN from the right into the Mümling .

Its 7.2 km long run ends about 125 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of about 17 ‰.

Catchment area

The 19.14 km² catchment area of ​​the Breitenbach lies in the sandstone forest and is drained to the North Sea via the Mümling, Main and Rhine rivers.

It borders

  • in the northeast to that of the Mümling tributary Raibach
  • in the east to that of the Mutterbach tributary of the Main
  • in the south to that of the Kimbach , another tributary of the Mümling
  • in the southwest to that of the Fürstengrunder Bach , also a Mümling tributary
  • and in the west to that of the small Mümling tributary Obrunngraben .

A large part of the catchment area is forested, in the floodplain grassland dominates, otherwise there are arable land and smaller localities.

Tributaries

  • Goldbach ( left ), 0.9 km
  • Lützelbach ( right ), 2.6 km

Mümling river system

Web links

Commons : Breitenbach (Mümling)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Google Earth
  2. WFD land register
  3. Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )